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Message started by bluedad on 06/09/11 at 18:05:58

Title: No idle
Post by bluedad on 06/09/11 at 18:05:58

96 Savage I've had it almost a month and it has been running great.
That is, until this evening. I decided to go visit my dad, a straight shot 25 mile trip no stops, and everything was fine. That is until I slowed down to turn into his drive and the bike died. It started right up and I pulled on in. Leaving, it wouldn't idle, but when I got it on the road it seemed to run fine. although when I let off the throttle, it seemed to backfire a lot more than usual. And when I got it home parked in the garage it just died..without a backfire.
No idle and excessive backfire..one more thing to ponder over.

Title: Re: No idle
Post by Serowbot on 06/09/11 at 19:16:22

Rule out a petcock problem before checking anything else...
Link here... How to check your petcock,... (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1251932429/1)

... odds are better than 50/50 that is the problem... ;)...

Title: Re: No idle
Post by bluedad on 06/10/11 at 03:13:58

Thanks for the suggestion. I get home early today and will have time to work on it.

Title: Re: No idle
Post by bluedad on 06/10/11 at 13:25:43

I did the two tests. No gas coming from the petcock hose (although tbh, I didn't suck on it. It seems to be too short to pull out far enough for me to reach it.)
Blocked off the two hoses and there was no improvement.
Now that it is day time and I can make noise (last night the wife was in bed, and the garage is on the same side of the house) it turns out that the bike does idle, although a bit rough. However, if I give it a bit of throttle it'll sputter and die.
It'll idle and I can give it more throttle with the choke all the way open,
if that lends a clue.

Title: Re: No idle
Post by Serowbot on 06/10/11 at 14:20:15

You might have gotten a small particle of gunk in the pilot jet,... or you have a sticky needle slide...
I think you'll have to go into the carb, and clean... You can try some Seafoam in the tank, if you like... sometimes it said to work...
You might try a new spark plug too...

Title: Re: No idle
Post by bluedad on 06/10/11 at 15:49:33

I may try the Seafoam and a new spark plug first. It seems like pulling the carb and cleaning is like a rite of ownership. ;D
thanks for your seggestions, Serowbot

Title: Re: No idle
Post by Serowbot on 06/10/11 at 22:57:23

Yer' welcome...
Funny,.. I usually have a bunch of differing opinions following mine...
...either I nailed it... or... they're absolutely sick of me...

...but,...either way...
Good luck... ;)...

Title: Re: No idle
Post by bluedad on 06/11/11 at 06:46:28

hey at least you try to be helpful